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—James. Storey, of Sheffield, England, and W. E. Hard- 

 ing, of this city, run to-day at Providence. R, I., ten miles 

 for $2,000. 



— The New York Caledonian Club will hold an athletic 

 meeting to-day at the New York Athletic Club grounds, 

 One Hundred and Thirtieth street, Harlem. 

 _ Enc4Lish Billiards. — When men can he found who, 

 like Cook, not only in a match play for, hut make such 

 marvelous strokes, 'what may not happen- in the billiard 

 world in the next ten years? It was not uncommon to 

 hear it said that we should never see airy one like Roberts; 

 and Ave recollect a marker, an old man, at a room in Ox- 

 ford street, who used to maintain the. opinion single-handed 

 against, the jeers of almost everyone who frequented them, 

 that "billiards was yet in its infancy, and that before long 

 Roberts's breaks would be thought nothing of." This old 

 man seems truly to have had the gift of prophecy, and we 

 wonder what the old lioMtuh of the room in question say to 

 the present handicap which takes place at the Guildhall 

 Tavern on the 8th of next month, where three men are 

 handicapped to give Roberts 120 points in a game of only 

 500 up, two second-class players give him ten, and four 

 more start level with him?— Land and Water. 



Lxter-Collegiate Foot RAiAu—Priwefou vs. Yale.— A 

 game of Foot Ball was played at Hamilton Park, Hew 

 Haven, on Saturday, Nov. 15th, between the Twenties of 

 Princeton and Yale. The grounds were the lower portion 

 of the inclosure of a half-mile track and opposite the judges' 

 stand. The boundaries were well defined by posts and 

 rope, while the turf was all that could be desired. 



Princeton having won the toss, chose the extreme end of 

 the grounds with first "buck." A "buck" is when the ball 

 is first kicked and opens a game. The contest was a spirit- 

 ed one for about forty minutes, when the ball became cut, 

 and a delay of twenty-five minutes was necessitated, in 

 order to procure another ball from the city. This interval 

 was not without its benefit to the visitors. Yale had a style 

 of "butting" against a man when in pursuit of the ball, 

 and at first, our rustics (?) were unable to cope advantage- 

 ously against it, but our men proved themselves apt pupils, 

 and when play was resumed, the orange waved triumphant 

 over many a wearer of the blue, who had "gone to grass." 

 The strength of our play was in keeping the ball in the 

 centre of the field, while Yale worked vigorously on the 

 flanks. The manner in which our boys "batted" and fol- 

 lowed up the ball, was the secret of their signal success. 

 The first goal was contested for an hour and twenty minutes, 

 when Beach kicked the ball over the goal and Princeton 

 had started the ball of victory rolling. 



This termination of the first goal seemed to take all the 

 "vim" out of the wearers of the blue. Our boys at first 

 acting rather on the defensive, and saving their wind, enter- 

 ed upon the second contest with renewed zeal and vigor. 

 In twenty-five minutes the ball again was sent through the 

 goal by Beach, with the repre£entatives of Princeton in high 

 spirits. 



The third goal was won in ten minutes, the ball being 

 forced home from the start, while Yale seemed utterly 

 powerless to prevent their defeat. Elder is accorded the 

 credit of kicking the ball home. 



The fourth goal was commenced, but this time the game 

 had to be called at five o'clock, to allow our men to reach 

 the 5:20 train for New York. 



The best of feelings prevailed between the contestants, 

 and Ave cannot speak too highly of the courteous and gen- 

 tlemanly treatment received at the hands of those whom we 

 visited. We sincerely hope that other institutions, seeing 

 our spirit of brotherhood, may follow in our footsteps, and 

 that each College may form a potent and enduring link in 

 the chain of fraternal affection and generous rivalry. 



The players were : — 



Yale— Deming and Peters, Post Graduates; Halsted, 

 Stokes, Waterman, Humphrey, Scudder, Bushnell, Sher- 

 man, Bristol, jVIelick, Robbins, Porter, Guern, Dunning, 

 and Henderson, of '74; McBirney, Avery, Grinnell, an 

 Hotchkiss, of "75. 



Princeton— Marten and Chambers, Theological Seminary; 

 Beach, Bittenbender, Dershimer, R, Boyd, Huston, Van 

 Deventer, Cowart, Cooke, and Whittlesay, of '74; Biddle, 

 Elder, Moffat, Lionberger, Hutchinson, and Rodgers, of 

 '75; Dennie, Woods and Sheets, of '76. 



Umpires— Mr. Kelly for Yale, Mr. Peckett for Princeton. 



Referee — Mr. Harvey of Princeton. 



Champion. 



—An interesting series of quoit matches took place at 

 Cleaver's "Light House" grounds, Brooklyn, November 

 20th, the occasion being the last match of the season in 

 Brooklyn, and the return match of the series between 

 Brown and Mitchelson, the first of which was won. by 

 Brown the previous week. The opening play of the after- 

 noon was a scrub match between Messrs. Hudson and Peck 

 on the one side, and Miller and Yv T oods on the other, the 

 latter winning by creditable up-hill play by a score of. 

 twenty-one to nineteen. The match between Brown and 

 Mitchelson followed, with the appended result : — 



Doubles 



Player*. ■''■ Singles. 



Brown (i 19 



Mitchelson 5 17 



Markers— Messrs. Hudson ami Rollin. 



This was supplemented by a test match between young 

 Brown and the veteran Staylor, which resulted as follows: 



Dqukfos Total 



Players. beared. Singles. 'Blanks. Points, 



Staylor 4 13. 12 21 



Brown 5 i 17 17 



Markers— Messrs . Miller and Hudson. 



Total 



Blank*. PoiiU*. 



22 31 



25 S 



—Estimate a toper as- you do a reindeer: -Take him by 

 ttfs horns. 





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Editor Forest and Stream:— 



I send you an account of the Beverly Yacht Club for the 

 season. The club is formed for such yachts as are too small 

 to be admittted to the Eastern Yacht Club, namely, those of 

 thirty feet or under, on the water line, and at the end of its 

 second year numbers over 100 members and about fifty 

 yachts. The yachts are divided into three classes accord- 

 ing to their size. There are five regular regattas each year, 

 where prizes are given to the winning yachts with club al- 

 lowances in each class. There is also in each class a cham- 

 pion pennant which is taken by the first boat without allow- 

 ance, and held till the^next regatta, finally becoming the 

 property of the yacht winning it the greatest number of imes. 

 In the following races the yachts are set down in the order 

 of the actual time : 



First regatta, June 23, at Beverly. — There was a good 

 southeast breeze. The 1st and 2d classes sailed over a nine 

 mile course, and the 3d class a six mile course. 1st Class. 

 Firefly, Fanchon, Arrow, Surf. The Firefly took prize and 

 pennant. 2d Class. Peri, Water Lilly, Curlew. Peri took 

 prize and pennant. 3d Class. Nora, Bessie, Bluebell, Frolic. 

 Nora took prize and pennant. 



Second Regatta, July 12th, at South Boston. There was 

 a light breeze from the southeast. Course fyr 1st and 2d 

 classes was eight miles; 3d class, six miles. 1st Class. Fire- 

 fly, White Wing. 2d Class. Peri, Avon. 3d Class. Frolic, 

 Nora, Bessie, Virginia, Pink, Merlin. Firefly, Peri, and 

 Pink took the prizes. Firefly, Peri and Frolic the pen- 

 nants. 



Third Regatta, July 28th, at Nahaut. 1st Class was di- 

 vided into two divisions, sloops and cat-rigs. Two prizes 

 were offered in each division, as well as in the third and 

 second classes, conditionally that over two boats should 

 start in each division. Sloops, Waif, Fanchon, Surf. 1st 

 Class cat-rigs, Firefly, Lady Clara. 2d Class. Peri, Maud 

 Curlew, Water Lilly, Avon. 3d Class. Tulip, Pink, Frolic, 

 Nora, Bessie. Waif, Firefly, Peri and Pink took first 

 prizes. Fanchon, Maud, Tulip, took second prizes. Fire- 

 fly and Peri took the pennants for the third time, and con- 

 sequently keep them. Tulip took 3d class pennant. 



August 2d, the club started in company with the Dor- 

 chester Yacht Clab on the annual cruise. The following 

 yachts assembled at Hull : Firefly, Fanchon, Ruby, Surf and 

 Fairy, of the Beverly club. Veritas, Jessie, Cruiser, Kel- 

 pie, and Dolly Varden, of the Dorchester Yacht Club. 

 From Hull the fleet proceeded to Cut river, Plymouth, 

 Barnstable, Provincetown, and hence to Marblehead, and 

 dispersed on the 7th. 



Fourth Regatta, August 11th, at Swamscott. — Good easter- 

 ly breeze. 1st Class. Firefly, Ariel, Surf. 2d Class. Peri, 

 Thetis, Water Lilly, and Hebe. 3d Classs. Tulip, Frolic, 

 Nora, Bessie, Pink, Sadie. Firefly, Peri, and Tulip took 

 the prizes. Tulip also took the 3d class pennant . 



Fifth Regatta, August 30th, at Beverly. This regatta 

 was open to all yachts of thirty feet or under, the yachts 

 were divided and prizes were offered as in the third 

 regatta, 1st Class. Sloops, Fanchon, Waif, Surf, Arrow, 

 Nellie J. 1st Class. Cat-rigs Firefly, Ariel. 2d Class. 

 Lizzie, Peri, Curlew, Water Lily, Hebe, Petrel, and 

 Columbia. 3d Class. Tulip, Bessie, Frolic, Rose, and Pink. 

 The Nellie J and Lizzie belong to the Lynn, Y. C, the 

 Columbia to the South Boston, Y. C, the Rose to no Club, 

 and the rest to the Beverly Club. Fanchon, Firefly, Lizzie 

 and Tulip took first prizes; Waif, Peri and Bessie took 

 second prizes; and Tulip took third class pennant for the 

 year. 



Sixth Regatta, September 6th, at Beverly. — For cups pre- 

 sented by William Sohier, Esq. — 1st Class. Fanchon, Surf, 

 Firefly, and Ariel. 2d Class. Tulip and Hebe. 3d Class. 

 Pink and Bessie. 



The Surf, Tulip, and Pink took the prizes. Several 

 yachts tried to go round from . Swampscott, but Avere be- 

 calmed, and arrived too late to start. 



The officers of the club are as follows: — Commodore, 

 Edward Burgess; Vice Commodore, Wm. C. Loving; Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, Wm. F. Whitney; Measurer, W. W. 

 Lewis; Regatta Committee, Walter Burgess, N. H. Gibbs, 

 H. W. Lamb, C. H. Williams, Wm. F. Whitney. 



One of the boats belonging to the club, the Firefly, has 

 made a better record, as far as the number of prizes goes, 

 than any other yacht in the country. She was built last 

 spring by Pierce, of South Boston, for Commodore Bur- 

 gess. Her dimensions are: — Length on water line, 21 feet 

 6 inches; beam, 10 feet; draught, 1 foot 10 inches. She 

 sailed last season in six regattas of the Beverly Yacht Club, 

 taking five first prizes and the champion pennant; in four 

 regattas of the Dorchester Yacht Club, taking three first 

 and one second prizes, besides the champion cup; and in 

 one regatta of the Lynn Yacht Club, taking the first prize, 

 making in all eleven first and one second prizes in eleven 

 races. 



The Peri was built last spring by Hereshoff for Mr. S . 

 Burgess, is cat -rigged, measures 18 feet on the water line, 

 8 feet 3 inches beam, 1 foot 6 inches draught, and has taken 

 the champion pennant, four first prizes and one second 



prize from the Beverly Yacht Club in five races; also taking 

 the champion cup, three first prizes and one second from 

 the Dorchester Yacht Club in five races. 



The Tulip was built in the spring of 1872 by Hereshoff 

 for Mr. S. Burgess, was sold this spring, and was repur- 

 chased by Mr. Walter Burgess about the middle of July, 

 after which she won three first prizes and the champion 

 pennant, and one second prize from the Beverly Yacht 

 Club in four races, and one first prize trom the Dorchester 

 Yacht Club in the only race she entered. 



The Waif was built last spring by Mayberry, of Quincy, 

 for E. W. Codman, Esq., and though she was designed for 

 comfort rather than racing, she took a prize in every race 

 she entered. She is sloop-rigged and measures 28 feet 3 

 inches on the water line, 11 feet 10 inches beam, and 2 feet 

 5 inches in draught. All these boat*-; are centre-board 

 yachts. A Member. 



— Our article on American Oarsmen «s; English, which 

 appeared in these columns two weeks ago, seems to have 

 attracted a good deal of attention. We publish from 

 the London Field another view of the matter, and let it past 

 without commeut merely saying: Will you have the kind- 

 ness to exert yourselves a little, in fact just sufficient, to 

 give us a trial over here for once, with a good four-oared 

 crew? for it will have to be first-class to win: 



" The decision of the Henley Committee to row all four- 

 oared races without coxswains has not given general satis- 

 faction, as it is felt that it is handicapping severely rowing 

 clubs situate in places like Dublin, where it is not possible 

 to get any coaching from the bank, and where men are 

 obliged to rely for nearly all their good coaching on the 

 mentor in the stern. 



The crews that have appeared from time to time on 

 English waters from America, to whom we owe the intro- 

 duction of coxswainless fours, were chiefly remarkable for 

 every fault of form that, in addition to annoying every true 

 connoisseur's eye, prevent men from exercising their full 

 strength to the advantage of their boat's speed. We may 

 fairly lay the account of this general want of form in a 

 great degree to the too general use of coxswainless fours on 

 the other side of the Atlantic; and it is to be hoped that 

 our form may not suffer in coming years from the same 

 cause. 



University men, however, are not likely to let themselves 

 be behind the age in any point connected with rowing, and 

 will spare no pains to prevent any new legislation with re- 

 gard to racing having a prejudicial effect upon either their 

 form or their speed." 



Educating Yachtsmen. — In Hunt's list there are given 

 the names of between two and three thousand yachts, vary- 

 ing from the stately 300-ton schooner of the Solent down to 

 the little 5-ton cutter of the Thames and Mersev. Every 

 one of these is called a yacht. Surely the Board" of Trade 

 does not imagine that the masters of all these are ever 

 likely to pass such an examination as they put forward, or 

 to teach these men how to handle a yacht in the fine weather 

 of summer? Why, any one of these men knows better how 

 to sail his little vessel — how to deal with her under any cir- 

 cumstances in which bad weather or other causes are ever 

 likely to place her — than any half-dozen sea-going captains 

 you could find. These latter have to hand over their ship 

 to the pilot directly they come near the coast; whilst the 

 yacht captains who are to be instructed know every nook 

 and corner of the coast, every buoy, beacon, and set of the 

 tide, as well as they know their own names, and nineteen 

 out of twenty yachts never go out of sight of some one or 

 other of these marks. As far as the larger yachts are con- 

 cerned, some of which do go to foreign waters, let the 

 Board of Trade take care of the owners of these, if it thinks 

 they are such fools as not to be able to take care of them- 

 selves. I presume no owner would go a distant voyage in 

 his yacht without being thoroughly satisfied of the com- 

 petency of his captain; 1 believe self-preservation to be a 

 more powerful motive than any Government regulation. It 

 must not be forgotten that yachtsmen go in their yachts 

 themselves. A well-appointed yacht, large or small, has 

 guarantees of safety traveling ships could not have. A 

 yacht does not overload, and most yacht-owners consult 

 their barometer and avoid going out in present or prospec- 

 tive bad weather, from considerations of comfort to them- 

 selves and others they may nave on board. Eve^ yacht 

 carries the owner himself, often his family, all he holds 

 dear in the world. — London Field. 



—The College Argus, Middletown, Ct. , says :<— 

 The Wesleyan navy is growing fast, as will be seen when 

 we say that the boat-house (which, by the way, is raised 

 five feet from its old position) contains nine shell-boats 

 owned in college, as follows: University practice boat, 

 just bought from Yale '74, six months old, fitted with slid- 

 ing seats and English oars; '76, shell, bought from the uni- 

 versity; '75, shell; '77, shell, bought from Yale '75; '76 

 gig; double scull, owned by Blake and Hoi comb, '76; three 

 single sculls, owned respectively by Stow, '75, Heermans, 

 '75, and Andrus, '77. The rents charged for use of the 

 boat-house to persons in college will be: For six-oared 

 boats, $15 per year: four oars, $8; and pair oars, $6. 

 Closets extra. 



—The rowing season is oar. 



—The better part of a potatoe is the melior. 



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— Theatres Ure honest concerns. They never have short, 

 weights. 



—A Scotchman is ambitious of ganging hame; a criminal 

 of hanging same. 



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